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> His 1902 paper “Responses in the Living and Non-Living” contains a whole chapter comparing the electrical impulse response of frog, lizard, and tortoise skins
by 4gotunameagain 3y ago
> His 1902 paper “Responses in the Living and Non-Living” contains a whole chapter comparing the electrical impulse response of frog, lizard, and tortoise skins to the skins of tomatoes and grapes. He found little difference.
What mentioned later is that in that paper he also found little differences to the electrical impulses of metals (namely tin) with his 1902 methods and galvanometers.
Surely this does not mean he proved that metals scream when twisted ?
The paper is freely available in project Gutenberg by the way. It's interesting.
- scotty79 3y ago> Surely this does not mean he proved that metals scream when twisted ? Weeell... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_cry https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_cry
- 4gotunameagain 3y agohaha touché. Many things crackle while meddled with, but I think the distinction between screaming is important here
- thisislife2 3y ago> Surely this does not mean he proved that metals scream when twisted ? Well, the tin responded to a stimuli ... now how do we interpret that is the question?
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoIt is pretty simple. Mechanical interlocking and interference can cause pressure waves. Clap your hands together. Your palms responded to stimulus and made a sound. Did they scream ?